postvocalic

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post·vo·cal·ic

(pōst′vō-kăl′ĭk)

adj.

1. Designating a consonant or consonantal sound directly following a vowel.

2. Of, relating to, or being a form of a linguistic element, such as a suffix or word, that occurs only after vowels.

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postvocalic

(ˌpəʊstvəˈkælɪk)

adj

(Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics following a vowel

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post•vo•cal•ic

(ˌpoʊst voʊˈkæl ɪk)

adj.

immediately following a vowel.

Translations

postvocalic

[ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk] ADJ → posvocálico

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For example, a stop is clearer in prevocalic position than postvocalic regarding its release burst.

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A conspicuous areal sound change common to Tati is rhotacism of postvocalic d, thus, the endonym juhur < Pers.

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Firstly in English, there are no postvocalic Rs - for instance there is no 'r' in a word like gov-ernment.

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Erickson (2000) presents summaries of the factors that affect segmental duration including speaking rate phonological/phonetic influences such as inherent segmental duration and the effect of a postvocalic consonant.

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That is, when occurring post-consonantally (as in Enrique [en.'ri.ke]), Id may receive a different pronunciation than in postvocalic contexts (such as la rosa 'the rose' [la.

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Luis's English (acquired as a pidgin on the plantations) contains elements attributable to transfer from Spanish (some lax vowels or schwas not realized as such), but other features (no postvocalic /r/) are present in Hawai'i Creole English.

On bilingual "Local Ricans" in Hawai'i: cultural notes and linguistic data

Moreover, Cuban pronunciation, and occasionally written texts, intermittently interchange l and r (arma/alma); postvocalic and intervocalic d are often silent (pare[d]/calla[d]o); the letter s is habitually silent when not beginning a word (e[s]tamo[s]).

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All Germanic variants mentioned in KLEIN (Bofa, bofa, boeve, boef, Buobo, Bube) contain a bilabial plosive followed by a rounded high vowel and a labial postvocalic consonant, which leads us back to a contracted form of an old variant of bojowiec and bojownik as the most probable source.